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A photograph of a ritual setup: three kalasha pots wrapped in woven white netting, each topped with green leaves, stand on a green banana leaf spread over a metal tray. White rice is heaped around their bases with scattered yellow marigolds and red flowers. A fire burns at the upper right beside brick fire pits, and a person in white dhoti and a red-orange cloth, wearing gold-toned ornaments on the wrist, pours or handles the pot at the top.

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August 02 20172017-08-02A close-up photograph of a ceremonial offering arrangement on a wooden tray. Three clear glass vessels with lattice-patterned sides hold water, with a mango leaf and a yellow-brown coconut-like object at the top. Yellow chrysanthemums, red roses and pink flowers are strung around the arrangement, draped with white cloth edged with a thin pink stripe. Green leaves and a dried grass stalk are visible at the sides. Out-of-focus warm lights glow in the dark background. No people are visible.2016-12-12April 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copiesThree silver kalasha pots with woven wire patterns stand on a bed of white rice on a banana leaf. Each pot holds mango leaves and a coconut topped with orange-yellow husk fibre, with yellow marigold flowers and red kumkum dots on the pots. Incense smoke rises at the left and yellow flowers and orange cloth appear in the foreground. No people are visible; this is a ritual setup for a puja.2011-12-28December 28 20112011-12-28January 06 20182018-01-06Close view of ceremonial brass kalasha pots wrapped in white cloth and crowned with yellow marigold garlands, with mango leaves fanned around them and a bed of raw rice on a banana leaf. The pots sit on a red carpet. In the background, two women walk past, one in a green kurta and one in purple, with a third figure in yellow partly visible at right. No a person candidate is visible.2016-12-05August 02 20172017-08-02October 18 20102010-10-18 +2 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual centred on a silver tray holding several yellow-wrapped coconuts with green leaves and fresh pink flowers, arranged around white and pink cloth-wrapped bases. A person's hand, wearing a gold bangle and holding a small silver lamp (kalasha-style aarti vessel) with a bright flame, performs a deeparadhana-style offering. The person wears a rust-brown sari with a gold border and a beaded necklace, and only the hand, arm, bare feet and lower body are visible. Silver bowls, a covered silver container and a banana leaf lie nearby on a striped cloth.2018-04-26 +1 copiesPhotograph of a ritual display on a white-draped table: several silver kalasha pots, each topped with a yellow-orange coconut and green mango leaves, are decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands and red flowers. A ring of purple gomphrena-style flowers encircles the arrangement, and rice grains with scattered petals cover the table. In the background, seated devotees in colourful saris and white clothes watch, and a person in white stands at right near a red-draped table.2011-12-13December 12 20162016-12-12